Umbrella attachment.



No. 809,551. PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

M. A. BRUNNER. UMBRELLA ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.Z0, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed March 20, 1905. Serial No. 251,165.

To wZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MARGERET A. BRUN- NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved Umbrella Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to umbrellas; and the object is to provide meansfor preventing their loss by being left in cars and other places.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective showing the handle of an umbrella to which myinvention has been applied, and Fig. 2 is a central section through atassel and illustrating the manner in which the invention operates.

Before proceeding to a detailed description of the parts it shouldfacilitate the disclosure to state that the invention is intended tooperate to remind a person about to forget an umbrella of the umbrellaspresence, to the end that the umbrella will then be carried and its lossprevented. The means by which this result is accomplished consists,substantially, in providing an attachment, preferably near the handle,which enables the umbrella to be connected to a portion of the garmentof the person carrying the umbrella. In this way if the umbrella is aptto be forgotten as a person rises from his seat or moves from hisposition the umbrella will make its presence felt and remind thenegligent person that he is forgetting it.

To refer more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the handle of anumbrella of any kind or construction. In applying my invention I preferto use a cord 2 of a common form, which is attached to the staff 3 ofthe umbrella near its connection with the handle. This cord ispreferably provided at its extremity with an ornamental tassel 4, theconstruction of which is shown very clearly in. Fig. 2. It comprises abody 5 of a common form provided with a central bore 6;

Within this bore 6 a claw 7 is mounted, the same having a body 8, whichprojects beyond one extremity of the body and is provided with an eye 9,receiving the cord 2, as indicated. The extremity of the claw remotefrom the eye 9 is formed into a pair of oppositely-disposed fingers orforks 10, and these terminate in oppositely-disposed inwardlyprojectingteeth or nibs 11. The body 5 of the tassel consists of a block envelopedin a coarse woven covering 12, and from one side of the body the usualstreamers 13 or tasselcords extend. These cords 13 completely surroundand inclose the forks 10, so that to all appearances the tassel is thesame as the ornamental tassels often found attached to umbrellas.

As indicated in Fig. 2, the bodies of the forks 10 diverge or inclineoutwardly from their point of connection with the body 8 in such amanner that if the body 5 of the tassel is moved longitudinally in thedirection of the hooks it will operate to force these hooks together insuch a manner that they could be-made to grasp a fabric, such as aportion of a garment 14, thrust between them. In full lines the body 5is shown in the position which it would occupy when the forks 10 holdthemselves apart, it being understood, that the material out of whichthe claw is formed is resilient.

In using the device the umbrella is stood near the person or theindividual carrying the same, and a portion of his garment at aconvenient point is placed between the points 11, whereupon the body 5of the tassel is slid in the direction to lock the claw to the garment.Now if the person rises without noticing the umbrella it will tug at thegarment as he moves, and he will be apprised of the fact that he isforgetting it.

Evidently this device constitutes a simple means for preventing theforgetting of an umbrella in being carried, as in a car or similarplace.

Attention is called to the fact again that there is nothing unsightly inthe appearance of an umbrella when provided with this de vice, as it hassubstantially the same appearance as an ordinary umbrella-tassel.

Having thus described my invention, 1

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent to with a tassel,said An umbrella having a cord attached theretassel having a body 5 withstreamers extending therefrom, and a fastening device passing throughsaid body and concealed by said streamers.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARGERET A. BRUNNER.

Witnesses:

PHILIP A. Vonrson, Rosn E. CRANE.

